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Vietnam's women national football team. (Photo: tuoitrethudo.com.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s women national football team have jumped one place from 37th to 36th in the FIFA’s third quarter world rankings with a grand total of 1,638 points. The rise is attributable to the team’s achievements at the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018 in Indonesia in August, where the team reached the quarter finals. Vietnam is currently ranked 7th in Asia, just behind Thailand who are 28th in the world. In Asia, usually dominant Japan surprisingly dropped to second with Australia taking the top spot. In the overall world rankings, the US remained first with Germany second and Britain taking third. On the men’s side, Vietnam continued to top Southeast Asia in October. The team maintained their 102nd position in the world with 1,220 points. The Philippines is in the second in the region at number 116. Thailand, ranked 121st, places third. In Asia, Iran took the top … [Read more...] about Women’s football team ranks 36th in FIFA rankings

Việt Nam women’s national football team. — Photo tuoitrethudo.com.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam women’s national football team have jumped one place from 37th to 36th in FIFA’s third quarter world rankings with a grand total of 1,638 points. The rise is attributable to the team’s achievements at the Asian Games (ASIAD) in Indonesia in August, where the team reached the quarter finals. Việt Nam are currently ranked 7th in Asia, just behind Thailand who are 28th in the world. In Asia, usually dominant Japan surprisingly dropped to second with Australia taking the top spot. In the overall world rankings, the US remained first with Germany second and Britain taking third. The Philippines are in the second in the region at number 116. Thailand, ranked 121st, are third. In Asia, Iran took the top spot with 1,478 points (30th in the world), with Australia second, Japan third and South Korea fourth. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese women’s football team rise one place in FIFA rankings

Despite not playing any international matches last month, the Vietnamese men’s football team had 1,220 points in FIFA’s September standings, giving it the first place in Southeast Asia, 17th in Asia and 102nd in the world. Vietnam has held on to the 102nd place since May, when it climbed up one place from the 103rd position. Standing second in Southeast Asia is the Philippines with 1,172 points (114th in the world), followed by Thailand with 1,144 points (122nd in the world). In Asia, Iran leads with 1,474 points (33rd in the world), followed by Japan and South Korea. On the summit of world’s ranking, Belgium and France shared the top spot as joint leaders, marking the first time in the 25-year history of the table that the first place is shared. The highest rank that the Vietnamese men’s football team has reached in FIFA rankings is 84th in 1998. The Vietnamese women’s football team, meanwhile, were ranked 2nd in Southeast Asia, 7th in Asia and 36th … [Read more...] about Vietnamese men’s football team tops Southeast Asia in FIFA rankings

A practice session of Vietnam’s national men’s football team in Paju of the RoK (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam’s national men’s football team on October 19 joined a practice session in Paju, in the northern region of the Republic of Korea (RoK), as part of its training course to prepare for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018. According to coaches, all players are in good physical condition and ready for the upcoming matches. The weather in Paju is also favourable for sports training, they noted. The squad will have friendly matches against three RoK clubs, including Incheon United on October 22, Seoul FC on October 25, and Seoul E Land on October 29. They will then return home the following day for the final list of players to the AFF Suzuki Cup 2018. As many as 22 players will be selected to participate in the tournament. The football tournament will take place from November 8 to December 15 with 26 matches among … [Read more...] about National football team ready for friendly matches in RoK

The Vietnamese players train hard to make sure they are fully fit and prepared for the regional tournament starting in November. They are required to do a variety of different physical exercises. New footballer Dinh Viet Tu from Nam Dinh FC attends his first training session with the national men’s football team. Head coach Park Hang Seo watches the players closely with an eager eye for detail. Mr Park requires perfect accuracy from his players in their movement of footballers. Korean head coach directly guides his students offering them a demonstration. Nguyen Phong Hong Duy draws the attention of head coach Park Hang Seo. Duong Thanh Hao seems to struggle to complete the exercise. Korean head coach joins a movement exercise with his students. The head coach constantly guides and instructs his players to maintain their correct positions on pitch. Doing some light exercise They will fly to the Republic of Korea on October 16 to take part in a two-week training … [Read more...] about National men’s football team practice hard ahead of 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup